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...three daughters born to building contractor Stefano Maino and his wife Paola in Lusiana, a small town in Italy's Veneto region, Sonia was sent to Cambridge in the early '60s to study English. There she met Rajiv, who was studying mechanical engineering at Trinity College. Although both families initially opposed their marrying, it was Indira who first gave her blessing and later persuaded Sonia's parents to consent. The young Italian wholeheartedly adopted India, learning fluent Hindi and Indian cooking...
...performance artist, and so he retreats to a beach house near Malibu, Calif. The ordinary problems and passions of the world seemingly behind him, Tom reduces his ambitions simply to surviving. But his cloistered existence is disrupted by the arrival of his older brother Brian, a crooked contractor on the run, and an unexpected love affair with his devoted patron Gray. Tom rescues his brother. Gray rescues Tom. And Monette drives home his message: there is life after AIDS...
...government money used to maintain three university-owned houses, including the president's, and to pay back more than $180,000 on the yacht, a charge that the school said was an accounting error. But Dingell, who has hyperbolically likened Stanford's deeds to the defense-contractor scandals of the 1980s, wants to use the transgressions to stir debate on the lack of accountability in the government-university relationship. "At a time when U.S. scientific efforts are falling behind," says Dingell, "to have research money spent frivolously is simply not acceptable...
...Lexington-based Raytheon company, the prime contractor for Patriot "antimissile missiles," currently has plans to increase production and to revamp its missile launching system, said Jonna Manes, spokesperson for the company...
Though the concessions in 80% of the parks are mom-and-pop operations, the Yosemite company is not the only Park Service contractor reaping hefty revenues. TW Recreational Services rang up $49 million at Yellowstone in 1989, and Amfac Resorts, which runs the south rim of the Grand Canyon, pulled in $23 million. Such firms contend that their size and financial strength have helped to make the parks more attractive places...